Abstract Review Form
Abstract number: ______
(you will find the number at the top of the abstract)
Instructions for the reviewer:
SURF is designed to be an interdisciplinary research presentation
so abstracts will likely differ from those you will review for
professional conferences within your own discipline. Please read
each abstract carefully and evaluate the content based on the
instructions that students received (below).
Instructions from the abstract submission form:
“Your abstract must provide information pertaining to the following:
 What is the essential question addressed by your research?
 Why is the question important, what are the implications of your
research or how is the
question situated in a given academic discipline?
 How did you seek an answer to the question (methodology or
approach)?
 What is the major conclusion of your research?
…Please make sure that abstracts are written for a general
audience. When possible, avoid
technical language or provide explanations of appropriate
terminology.”
Please read the abstract and respond to the following:
1. The abstract provides some background regarding the
importance of the issue (or its connection/place within the
discipline)
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
2. The abstract clearly presents the method(s) used to study
the problem/issue.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
3. The abstract indicates the most important results or
conclusions.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
4. The abstract is well written.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Suggested action
___ Accept
Decline
___
Comments are especially important when you recommend
declining. If you choose to reject an abstract for SURF, please
include summary comments on the back of this evaluation form.
If the abstract is rejected, the student and mentor will receive a
compilation of paraphrased comments.